IF I CAN DO IT, SO CAN YOU
THE bed in the corner of the lounge reminds him of a prison cell. For five years he was held captive in it by his own huge body, unable to get up even once in all that time.
At his heaviest, Norman Nel (42) weighed 300kg and he hated himself. His weight stole everything from him and he was in mortal danger from hypertension and sky-high cholesterol.
He was also deeply depressed and his relationship with his wife, Melanie (42), was strained.
“There were times I didn’t want to live anymore,” Norman says.
But those days are over now. He knew he had to do something drastic or Melanie and his daughter, Micayla
